Colin Percival

Summary

Colin Percival is a human^[1]. Born in Burnaby^[2], he… he worked as a programmer^[3] and computer scientist^[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month, #7,264 of 1,000,298).^[5]

Key Facts

• Colin Percival's place of birth was Burnaby^[2].
• Colin Percival held citizenship in Canada^[6].
• Colin Percival's professions included programmer^[3].
• Colin Percival worked as a computer scientist^[4].
• Colin Percival was educated at Burnaby Central Secondary School^[7].
• Colin Percival's education included a stint at University of Oxford^[8].
• Colin Percival's doctoral advisor was Richard P. Brent^[9].
• Colin Percival's doctoral advisor was William Finlay McColl^[10].
• A notable work attributed to Colin Percival is Tarsnap^[11].
• A notable work attributed to Colin Percival is scrypt^[12].
• A notable work attributed to Colin Percival is BSDIFF^[13].
• Colin Percival received the Putnam Fellow^[14].
• Colin Percival is recorded as male^[15].
• Colin Percival's instance of is recorded as human^[16].
• Colin Percival's Commons category is recorded as Colin Percival^[17].
• Colin Percival's website account on is recorded as Slashdot^[18].
• Colin Percival's family name is recorded as Percival^[19].
• Colin Percival's given name is recorded as Colin^[20].
• Colin Percival's official website is recorded as http://www.daemonology.net/^[21].
• Colin Percival's official blog URL is recorded as https://www.daemonology.net/blog/^[22].
• Colin Percival's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+13253'}^[23].
• Colin Percival's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+11652'}^[24].
• Colin Percival's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+14296'}^[25].
• Colin Percival's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+14668'}^[26].

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Origins and Family

Born in Burnaby^[2], Colin Percival…

Education

Educated at Burnaby Central Secondary School^[7], a high school^[27], in Canada^[28], founded in 1958^[29] and University of Oxford^[8], a collegiate university^[30], in United Kingdom^[31], founded in 1096^[32], headquartered in Oxford^[33]. Doctoral advisors include Richard P. Brent^[9], a mathematician^[34], b. 1946^[35], of Australia^[36], awarded the ACM Fellow^[37], specialised in mathematics^[38] and William Finlay McColl^[10].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include programmer^[3] and computer scientist^[4].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Tarsnap^[11], a backup software^[39]; scrypt^[12], a key derivation function^[40]; and BSDIFF^[13].

Recognition

Colin Percival received the Putnam Fellow^[14].

Why It Matters

Colin Percival ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month, #7,264 of 1,000,298).^[5]

FAQs

Where was Colin Percival born?

Colin Percival was born in Burnaby^[2].

What did Colin Percival do for work?

Colin Percival worked as programmer^[3] and computer scientist^[4].

Where did Colin Percival go to school?

Colin Percival was educated at Burnaby Central Secondary School^[7] and University of Oxford^[8].

What awards did Colin Percival receive?

Honors received include Putnam Fellow^[14].